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February 22, 2011
The last Featherstone Farm 2010-11 CSA winter share box has been delivered.  Last Saturday we had a nice party in one of the greenhouses for winter share members and farm staff. Evan grilled some venison and chicken and we sampled some fabulous vegetable stews and soups.  Frank and I brought a pot of homegrown and home ground polenta.
August 25, 2010
Can you can?  I think you can.  Can.  If you decide you want to.  So let's talk about it.
August 25, 2010
Are you ready?  We are going to learn how to can tomatoes -- using the boiling water method - with halved or quartered raw tomatoes with no added water or juice.  I will attempt to explai
July 25, 2010
Last week, the political news scene had one of its regular (and increasingly frequent) nervous breakdowns over the Shirley Sherrod non-scandal scandal. It was another example of news media not doing its homework and politicians and pundits racing to judgement without the facts in an effort to beat the pace of the news cycle.